From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Mar 21 00:05:41 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 658655B804F for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2021 00:05:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@fongaboo.com) Received: from h4lix.wtfayla.net (helix.wtfayla.net [64.246.134.154]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4F2yZX5HFyz3PTk for ; Sun, 21 Mar 2021 00:05:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@fongaboo.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h4lix.wtfayla.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9335571A78E for ; Sat, 20 Mar 2021 20:05:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: from h4lix.wtfayla.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (h4lix.wtfayla.net [127.0.0.1]) (maiad, port 10024) with ESMTP id 10822-01 for ; Sat, 20 Mar 2021 20:05:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: from h4lix.wtfayla.net (h4lix.wtfayla.net [64.246.134.154]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by h4lix.wtfayla.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 27E8671A789 for ; Sat, 20 Mar 2021 20:05:39 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2021 20:05:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Fongaboo X-X-Sender: fongaboo@h4lix.wtfayla.net To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OS to replace FreeBSD Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.20 (BSF 67 2015-01-07) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4F2yZX5HFyz3PTk X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of freebsd-questions@fongaboo.com designates 64.246.134.154 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=freebsd-questions@fongaboo.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.30 / 15.00]; FAKE_REPLY(1.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[64.246.134.154:from]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:64.246.134.154]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[64.246.134.154:from:127.0.2.255]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[fongaboo.com]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:22302, ipnet:64.246.132.0/22, country:US]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2021 00:05:41 -0000 I see there have been a ton of responses to this already. I could be wrong, but I'm going to assume most of it is OS-wars. I don't have time to pour through it all. If I'm off-base and out of context, please forgive me. But wanted to offer my experience: After nearly two decades of self-hosting DNS/mail/web on a FreeBSD colo, I decided I couldn't give FreeBSD the focus and energy it needs to be properly maintained. I've found that Debian was the most comfortable to transition to and is a bit more painless to keep updated and patched. I've just completed a Debian box running NSD, unbound, Apache, Postfix, Dovecot, Postfixadmin & Roundcube. If you want to email me directly, I documented the whole process. I'm willing to share my walkthroughs. Fong On Fri, 19 Mar 2021, Jerry wrote: > With the soon-to-be release of version 13 of FreeBSD and the EOL of > FreeBSD 11.x, I will need to invest in a new OS. Due to FreeBSD?s > unfortunate inability to squash bug > https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=237666, l am left > with no choice but to seek out a new OS. I need a bare-bones system > that can run a mail server, Postfix with Dovecot, and a few other > utilities. > > -- > Jerry >